MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Two brothers remained hospitalized with stab wounds today and two men were in custody on charges of attempted murder following a pair of fights Saturday in New Brunswick and North Brunswick, police said.

The first fight occurred about 3:30 a.m. in front of 170 Remsen Ave. in New Brunswick, where a city man was attacked by three other men and stabbed in the neck and side, police said.

The 40-year-old victim went to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment, New Brunswick police Lt. T.J. Miller said.

At about 2:30 p.m., Pascual Santana, 48, the brother of the stabbing victim, went to a house at Stevens Street in North Brunswick, carrying a baseball and seeking revenge, Lt. Roger Reinson said.

Santana confronted two North Brunswick men outside the house, and one of the men, Kelvin Mena, 29, stabbed Santana in the chest, and other man, Henry Peralto, 33, struck Santana in the head with a pipe, Reinson said.

Police arrested Mena and Peralto, charging each with attempted murder and unlawful possession of weapons. They were being held on $200,000 bail each at the Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick.

Santana was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment. He was also charged with aggravated assault, Reinson said.

New Brunswick police are still investigating the stabbing in the city and have not yet filed any charges in that attack, Miller said.